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flyguy8000

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I am just curious about this. Does anyone know if Academy Admissions officials ask for or look at applicants social media profiles, and would you be required to give them if they did ask for them? ts not that I've ever been irresponsible with social media, just curious about it, because I've never heard much said about the subject.
 
Once you are accepted into the Air Force Academy, you have to submit a signed file of a Criminal Records Review Consent form; so if there are any investigations into social media, I assume it would happen after you sign that consent form.
 
Another point of reference is the recent USNA mid who was separated due to his social media activity. It is a slippery slope. My advice to my DS and other kids is that it is ok to have an opinion, a view, a stance - just don't post it. Once you hit send, impossible to take it back. My DS stopped all social media use (other than viewing) 1.5 years before he started applying to SAs/ROTC.
 
EEBTTF said:
Forgot about this idiot. Thanks for the example @Devil Doc This is an example or poor social media choices as well as a poor career (short albeit) choice.
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I told my kids in HS, dont post anything, don't forward sexual based texts or e mails. Tell me first. I reminded my DS of the same just before I day. Kids do stupid things and don't understand the laws and rules.
 
From the current MIDN Regulations Manual: "
4. With regard to videos posted on the internet:
a. Midshipmen may create videos for morale and expression purposes. However, those videos must be reviewed through the process outlined below before being posted to any online website, e.g. YouTube.
b. Videos intended for online publication must be in good taste and avoid offensive or inappropriate behavior that could bring discredit to the Navy or Naval Academy. When videos are posted, a disclaimer shall be included, announcing that the video is the personal work of a particular person/group or persons, and not a Naval Academy or Navy/Marine Corps sponsored video. The video shall not include any defamatory, libelous, obscene, abusive, threatening, racially or ethnically discriminatory, or otherwise offensive or illegal information or material. No inappropriate wear of uniforms may be used in the videos.
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COMDTMIDNINST 5400.6U 10 Apr 18
c. Videos intended for online publication shall be reviewed through the following chain of command: (1) Company Commander.
(2) Brigade Public Affairs Officer.
(3) Company Officer.
(4) USNA Public Affairs Officer.
(5) Commandant’s Operations Officer (Final approval/disapproval).
d. The videos must be in appropriate media format to be viewed from a computer, and must be accompanied by a typed memorandum format description of the video’s content and proposed location of online posting (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, etc.)
e. Once the videos have been approved by the Commandant Operations Officer, they will be allowed to be posted on websites listed within the memorandum description."

I doubt many of the videos on You Tube have gone through this process.
 
I told my son to delete all social media accounts.

Create anonymous ones if he wanted to ... with nothing that identifies him or the military ... and to stay out of politics and treat all people with respect in words and actions.

I hope he listened.
 
I have all of my socials on private and don't use my real name (except for Facebook, which I use just to interact with the older people in my family). I definitely try to avoid politics at all costs though.
 
Private accounts, anonymous accounts, fake names, shadow accounts...
None of the above make a difference with regard to obtaining a security clearance or investigating officers. I’ve seen plenty of service members fall into ugly situations because they thought they were being clever.
Another one that comes up often is social media that “disappears“ seconds after a user views it. Everything is like those potato flakes in the mess hall (Potato, White, Instant, Granules), add some milk and water and before you know it you’re eating mashed potatoes.
Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there and can’t be found.
UCMJ seems to be able to dig deeper than any civilian court system.
 
Asking a teenager to stay off social media is like, well, hoping it won’t get cold in Alaska this winter. (Boy, that was a tortured analogy.) You don’t need to fully disconnect —though more power to you if you did. But couple things to consider:

(1) Can you be a lot less active? Do you really need to respond to every friend’s post or make public your every passing thought or share with everyone the last thing you ate? Do you...really?

(2) When you do post, is it something you’ll be proud to show your future in-laws and future teenage kids? Not willing to show, but proud to show? Are you sure about that?
 
It’s kind of a catch-22. If you are not on social media at all it actually throws up a few flags.

I can second the points made by MidCakePa.

Just be careful and think before you post. Once you hit the send button it’s permanent.
 
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